Illuminated 'album amicorum' of Georg Fridich Speidl

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MS. Autogr. g. 3

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Illuminated album amicorum of Georg Fridrich Speidl of 'Wattersdorf in Neuhofen' [Bavaria], probably the person of that name who matriculated in the law faculty of the University of Strasbourg, 27 September 1626. The majority of the entries were made at Strasbourg, Feb.-June 1631 and at Bourges, Sept. 1631-May 1632; and the remainder at Orléans, July 1631; Paris, July 1631 and Feb. 1633; Sancerre, April 1632; Angers, Sept. 1632; and London, March-April 1633. The writers include:

Fols. 10, 11. Henry II of Bourbon and his son, Louis II, Princes of Conde, 1632
Fol. 24. Johan Alexsson Oxenstierna
Fol. 44. Gustav Horn, Swedish statesmen, 1633
Fol. 87. Sir James Thynne of Longleat, Wilts., 1632

The illuminations include:

Fol. 1. a landscape beneath Speidl's coat of arms, signed E. B. (a first initial has probably been obliterated)
Fols. 2-4. three groups of four female figures in contemporary costumes, and (passim) the arms of many of the writers

At fol. 100 is an entry similar to the earlier ones, by Sir John Verney, later Viscount Fermanagh, of Middle Claydon, Bucks., Nov. 1680. Pächt and Alexander i, no. 199.

Dates

Creation: 1631-1680

Extent

110 Leaves

Language of Materials

English

Preferred Citation

Oxford, Bodleian Libraries [followed by shelfmark and folio or page reference, e.g. MS. Autogr. g. 3, fols. 1-2].

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Shelfmark:

MS. Autogr. g. 3

Collection ID (for staff)

CMD ID 9332

Additional Description

Abstract

Illuminated 'album amicorum' of Georg Fridich Speidl, 1631-1680.

Biographical / Historical

Georg Fridrich Speidl of Bavaria is thought to be the person of that name who matriculated in the law faculty of the University of Strasbourg, 27 September 1626.

Other Finding Aids

M. Clapinson and T. Rogers, Summary Catalogue of Post-Medieval Western Manuscripts in the Bodleian Library Oxford. Acquisitions 1916-1975. (Oxford, 1991). Vol. 1, no. 37844

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Inscribed inside the upper cover in one hand 'Spencer Newcomb Meredith d.d. Edward Henry Landon 1829 d.d. Joseph Francis Phelps 1848'; labelled on the upper cover '136'; given by Miss J. Phelps, 1961.